{
  "place_id": "velychka#7777_11114",
  "wikidata": "Q472621",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Wieliczka",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Wieliczka",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Groß Salze",
          "why": "Historical German name documented on German wartime maps; useful when reading English histories that cite those maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gross Salze",
          "why": "Plain-letter rendering of the historical German name Groß Salze."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Wieliczka",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Groß Salze",
          "why": "German historical designation quoted in historical map documentation; a specialist reference form, not a current French exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gross Salze",
          "why": "Plain-letter rendering of the German historical name, for French bibliographical searching."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Wieliczka is a town south-east of Kraków in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Its historic salt mine, with underground chambers and chapels, is part of a UNESCO World Heritage property.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The World Heritage property also includes the mine at Bochnia and the Wieliczka Saltworks Castle. Input label 'Величка' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form. Historical form documented in Wadoviana 15: https://wadoviana.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WADOVIANA_15_2012_calosc.pdf .",
  "rank": 382,
  "slug": "wieliczka"
}